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PATENTED JULY 23,v 1907.

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FARM GATE.

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MAYNARD LOOMIS, OF MOUNT VERNON, WASHINGTON,

FARM- GATE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 23, 1907.

Application filed December 20,1906. Serial No. 348,732.

To all 'whom t't may concern:

Be it known that I, MAYNARD Looms, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mount Vernon, in the county of Skagit and State ofWashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Farm-Gates, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in farm gates.

The object of this invention is the provision of a gate that in itsnormal closed condition will be rigid and secure, the movement of whichwill not be affected by deep snows, and which when in its open positionwill be reliably supported and protected from dislodgment by wind orstock.

Another' object of this invention is to provide a gate and means to openthe same with ease and by the occupant of a vehicle without hisdescending to the ground.

A further object is to provide a gate of this character which will besimple, strong and durable, will be inexpensive to manufacture and bewell adapted to the purpose for which it is intended.

To these and other ends the invention Consists in the novelconstruction, adaptation and combination of parts, as will behereinafter described and claimed.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of a gateembodying my invention, shown in its closed state by full lines and inits opposite condition by broken lines; and Fig. 2, a plan view of thegate closed.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in both theviews. A

The gate proper consists of framework with horizontal bars 5, verticalmembers (i, and diagonal braces 7 of ordinary or suitable construction,except that in this instance the braces are prolonged, as at 7 to serveas hangers whereby the gate is suspended from the carrier arms S. Thesearms are of equal lengths and desirably assembled in pairs which arerespectively retained at proper distances apart by the intervening upperends of said braces at the top and by separating pieces 9 between thelower ends of the respective pairs and are both separated sufficientlyto insure the pairs of arms not interfering with gate when swung. Saiddistance pieces also serve to furnish additional bearings to the pivotalconnections l0 about which the arms are oscillated and likewise serve assupplementary supports for the gate in its open and closed condition, aswill presently appear. The upper ends of the respective pairs of armsare pivotally connected by pins ll with the corresponding parts of saidbraces and by pivotal pins 10 extending through the lower ends of thearms with chairs 13. Said chairs are desirably of metal and are set tobring pins l1 thereof in the same horizontal plane and separated by anequal distance to that between the pins ll whereby, as is evident, thegate is maintained at all times horizontally through the said upper andlower pairs of pivotal pins being in parallel planes.

At some distance from the front and back of the gate are posts 14, towhich are fulcrumed levers 15, so arranged that the longer, or handleends 15/ of each will be within convenient reach, or made so bythe'employment of attached lines 1G, of a person upon the seat of avehicle which is about to pass from either side through the gateopening. The other ends l5 of the respective levers are connected bylinks 17 with bars 18 which in turn are connected, in proximity of theirends by pins 19, with the arms 8, and in parallel with the other pinsextending through the upper and lower extremities thereof, as aforesaid.Said levers are so disposed, or at least their shorter arms 15/ f to beat all times upon that side of the carrier arms toward which the gate iscapable of being swung, and thus in pulling down upon the handle end ofeither lever the raising of the gate will be effected, through themedium of the actuating link, to the maximum height to which the gatecan be swung and thence it will be carried by the momentum and the forceof gravity to its seats upon the one hand or the other. These seats, aspreviouslyalluded to, are formed by the pieces 9 and the supplementarysupports 20 and 21. Of the latter, 21 is desir-ably formed Within thegate-post 22 into which the adjacent extremity of the gate also enterswhen closed, and the other support, 20, desirably a post, is positionedso as to receive the gate upon `its top when open, as indicated withbroken lines in Fig. l.

For ease in effecting the closing of the gate the post support 2O is ofgreater height than is the other support upon which the Weight of thegate is partially borne when closed as less effort is required toelevate it through the shorter distance through which it has to beraised in being swung beyond the highest point and which is notdisadvantageous inasmuch as when open it is not essential that the gateshould be in proximity of the ground as when in its other position.

It is thought that the operation of the device is sufficiently clearfrom the foregoing and it will be seen that the invention is extremelysimple and in practice will work as eiciently as its simplicitysuggests.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Leiters-Patent, is-

1. In combination with a gate, a pair of spaced braces secured to saidgate and extending for a distance above the top side thereof, pairs ofspaced parallel arms pivotally secured adjacent their upper' ends to theupper ends of said projecting portions of said braces, means forpivotally mountingy the lower' ends of' said arms, a horizontal barpivotally connected at each of its ends to one of said arms,

at points approximately central of the length of said armsv separatingmembers between said Aarms of each pair said members serving as supportsfor the gate in open and closed position, posts spaced from the gate andarranged on opposite sides thereof, levers pivoted to said posts, anddiagonally disposed links connected to said levers and to saidhorizontal bars.

2. In combination with a gate, a pair of braces secured to said gate andextending thereabove for a distance, two

` pairs of arms arranged on opposite sides of the gate, said arms being;diagonally disposed and pivotally secured to the upper ends of saidbraces, means for pivotally mounting the lower end of each arm, ahorizontal bar pivotally connected to each pair of arms, at pointsapproximately i central of the length of said arms, a post on each sideof the gate at a distance therefrom, levers pivotally secured to saidposts, and links secured to the inner ends of said levers and to saidhorizontal bars at points approximately 15 central of the lengththereof.

In testimony whereof I alix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MAYNARD LOOMIS,

Witnesses z W. C. SINGER, B. R. SUMNnn.

